Roland Baader

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roland Baader (born February 14, 1940 in Kirrlach ; † January 8, 2012 ibid) was a German economist and, as a freelance journalist, the author of several books and numerous specialist articles on classical liberalism . He was also a regular author of the journals Strangely Free and Swiss Month . He was a student of Friedrich August von Hayek at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and a member of the Mont Pelerin Society .

Live and act

After studying economics at the University of Freiburg, Baader initially worked as an entrepreneur. After the end of his business activity, he devoted himself to spreading the theory of freedom. Baader, following the tradition of Friedrich August von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises , campaigned for a minimal state in his publications , even though he admitted that the anarcho-capitalists had what he thought were better arguments. For example , in his book Die Liegend Generation , published in 1999, he classified the Federal Republic of Germany as a redistribution and welfare state, and found that the market economy principle was poorly developed . He criticized the state education system, which should be disenfranchised. As a supporter of the Austrian School , he warned that the remnants of market economy principles would gradually be further restricted until they were completely eliminated. For example, he criticized the state monopoly currency system and offered the gold standard (according to Ludwig von Mises) or a system of competing currency providers (free banking according to Friedrich August von Hayek) as alternatives.

Baader combined liberalism with Christianity . He described the Decalogue as a constitution of freedom , which is incompatible with socialism, since socialism violates most of the precepts, such as the prohibition of theft. Despite his affinity for Christianity, he criticized the current state of the church, which would have shifted its moral mandate to the welfare state and thus perverted it. Thus the tendency towards social democratization of the church is evident.

Roland Baader died at the age of 71.

In 2015 he was posthumously awarded the Hayek Medal .

Roland Baader bequeathed his extensive private library to the economist Rahim Taghizadegan , who made it publicly accessible in his private educational institution, the scholarium in Vienna.

Roland Baader Award

In June 2012, the Hamburg Institute for Austrian Asset Management (IfAAM) awarded the Roland Baader Award for the first time . The award is given to students and entrepreneurs who contribute in a special way to disseminating Baader's ideas and the findings of the Austrian School of Economics and actively putting them into practice.

Works

  • Chalk for the wolf. The deadly illusion of defeated socialism . Tykve, Böblingen 1991, ISBN 3-925434-47-X .
  • The euro disaster. For Europe's diversity - against Brussels' simplicity . Tykve, Böblingen 1993, ISBN 3-925434-78-X .
  • The grandchildren of Pericles. Liberal positions on the welfare state and society . Resch, Graefelfing 1995, ISBN 3-930039-33-8 .
  • Against the welfare dictatorship. Ten liberal votes . Resch, Graefelfing 1995, ISBN 3-930039-34-6 .
  • Lazy spell. Appearance and reality of the welfare state . Resch, Graefelfing 1997, ISBN 3-930039-59-1 .
  • The generation lied to. politically manipulated instead of future-oriented information . Resch, Graefelfing 1999, ISBN 3-930039-67-2 .
  • (Ed.): Logic of Freedom. A Ludwig von Mises precinct . Ott, Thun 2000; 2. A. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7225-0056-0 .
  • Thought dead. Why intellectuals destroy our world . Resch, Graefelfing 2002, ISBN 3-935197-26-8 .
  • Money, gold and god players. On the eve of the next global economic crisis . Resch, Graefelfing 2004, ISBN 978-3-935197-42-7 .
  • Capital in the pillory. A compass through the conceptual political fog . Resch, Graefelfing 2005, ISBN 3-935197-45-4 .
  • Market or command. 55 Polemics for Freedom . Lichtschlag, Grevenbroich 2007, ISBN 978-3-939562-01-6 .
  • Spark of freedom. Aphoristic vaccinations . Lichtschlag, Grevenbroich 2008, ISBN 978-3-939562-17-7 .
  • Monetary socialism. The real causes of the new global depression . Resch, Graefelfing 2010, ISBN 978-3-935197-57-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituaries for Roland Baader by Gerd Habermann and Jörg Guido Hülsmann in Junge Freiheit from January 13, 2012. (PDF; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ ROLAND BAADER award
personal data
SURNAME Baader, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirrlach
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2012
Place of death Kirrlach